Good Ideas from Abroad in Bio-Manufacturing
You are cordially invited to view an on-line workshop on the international aspects of bio-manufacturing. The webcast will be on November 5, and we will try to respond to email questions sent on that day. The webcast can also be viewed later.
The presentations will be from a team of American experts, led by Dr. Steve Drew. NSF recently sent this expert panel to top labs in Europe and Asia to find good ideas that might be useful in the U.S. as well. The team found many researchers abroad who are making great progress in producing biomaterials in quantity, to help more and more patients. There are many opportunities for biotechnology businesses to supply those materials at a profit. And there are rewarding careers for young people who would like to get into this field. There's more information about the study at http://wtec.org/bem
You can view the webcast for free at your desk. All you have to do is fill out the short registration form on this page. We hope that you can attend.
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Steve Drew (Chair) |
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Gang Bao |
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Chris Bettinger |
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Kam Leong |
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Madhusudan Peshwa |
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Kaiming Ye |
For technical questions during the webcast contact [email protected] or call one of our technical support numbers to the right. |
For the webcast, please tune in 15 minutes prior to the start time for the event and test your video player. This live event will be captioned in compliance with Section 508. The event will be archived for 3 months - viewable at http://www.tvworldwide.com/events/nsf/141105 and http://www.fededtv.com/. Participants should have the Windows Media Player or Flash player installed to view the event. (links to the webcast are in the upper-right corner of this page) |
About NSF
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About WTEC.org
The World Technology Evaluation Center, Inc. is a non-profit, spun off from Loyola University Maryland in 2001. It leads the industry in its assessments of international R&D by on-site peer review, with over 70 studies of a wide range of technologies. One of its studies helped provide the factual basis for the National Nanotechnology Initiative, now a $1.8 billion interagency research effort, which has also inspired similar programs abroad. WTEC and its small business affiliate, ITRI, also provide on-site research and administrative staff for Federal agencies. WTEC and ITRI are led by Duane Shelton and others with decades of foreign technology monitoring experience. Individual studies are conducted by America's top scientists and engineers; over 500 of whom have contributed. http://wtec.org http://itri2.com
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